CHAPTER 12 ■ IOT PLATFORMS
For now, there are no more setups needed in Xively.
Zapier Setup
Xively supports triggering external tasks; for example, if the value of a channel crosses
a certain threshold, you can execute your own task. Xively uses HTTP POST to trigger an
external task. All the data will be submitted to the recipient using the HTTP POST method
(see Chapter 3 for more details about HTTP POST ).
Xively data is available over HTTP and can be used for developing custom
dashboards and generating alerts. A few of the IoT applications that you developed in
Chapters 7 , 8 , and 9 had HTTP components. You will lose advantage of using an IoT
platform if you end up writing custom code. For generating triggers in Xively, you can
avoid all the coding by simply using a Zapier task. Zapier is a web-based tool that lets
you automate if/then tasks. You create a task (a.k.a., a Zap) that requires a trigger and a
corresponding action.
Figure 12-15. Device location
